CONTENTS 

 PART I 



THE PRELIMINARIES TO AGRICULTURE 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. LAND AND SOIL . . . . -. ' . . . 1 



II. CLIMATE . . . . . . ... . 5 



III. POPULATION AND LABOUR . ." . . . . . 11 



IV. TRANSPORT AND ^CAPITAL . . . '"-" ... 16 



V. DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION ._.'' . . . . . 21 



VI. TOOLS, TILLAGE, MANURING, CROPPING, ETC. . _. ., . 25 



VII. PLANT LIFE IN THE TROPICS. ACCLIMATISATION . . 30 



VIII. AGRICULTURE IN THE TROPICS IN PRIMITIVE TIMES, AND 



ITS GRADUAL CHANGE 34 I 



PART II 



THE PRINCIPAL CULTIVATIONS OF THE TROPICS 



I. RlCE AND OTHER CEREALS AND FOOD PLANTS ... 40 



II. SUGAR 54 



III. TEAS . . 59 



IV. COFFEE, CACAO OR CHOCOLATE, KOLA, ETC. . . . 65 ' 

 V. COCONUTS AND OTHER PALMS 75 



VI. SPICES ........... 82 



VII. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 89 



VIII. TOBACCO, OPIUM, HEMP . . . . . , 97 

 IX. CINCHONA AND OTHER DRUGS 101 



X. FIBRE-YIELDING PLANTS . . . . . . 105 



XI. DYE STUFFS AND TANNING SUBSTANCES 114 



